Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.2.0 RC4 - 'startdir' Traversal Arbitrary File Access

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10253/info
 
Coppermine Photo Gallery is reported prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, some of which may lead to arbitrary command execution. These issues occur because the application fails to properly sanitize and validate user-supplied input before using it in dynamic content and in function calls that execute system commands.
 
Attackers may exploit these issues to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, map the application root directory of the affected application, execute arbitrary commands, and include arbitrary files. Other attacks are also possible.

http://www.example.com/nuke72/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=searchnew&startdir=../..